Various - A Chance Operation - The John Cage Tribute

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1-01	–Kronos Quartet	Excerpt From Thirty Pieces For String Quartet Cello – Joan JeanrenaudProducer – Judith Sherman, Kronos QuartetViola – Hank DuttViolin – David Harrington, John Sherba	0:45
1-02	–Kronos Quartet	Excerpt From Thirty Pieces For String Quartet Cello – Joan JeanrenaudProducer – Judith Sherman, Kronos QuartetViola – Hank DuttViolin – David Harrington, John Sherba	1:09
1-03	–Patrick Moraz	Three Dances For Two Prepared Pianos, Dance #1	0:23
1-04	–Patrick Moraz	Three Dances For Two Prepared Pianos, Dance #1	0:52
1-05	–Patrick Moraz	Three Dances For Two Prepared Pianos, Dance #1	3:54
1-06	–Jackson Mac Low / Anne Tardos	First Four-Language Word Event	0:51
1-07	–Jackson Mac Low / Anne Tardos	First Four-Language Word Event	1:28
1-08	–Jackson Mac Low / Anne Tardos	First Four-Language Word Event	1:26
1-09	–Jackson Mac Low / Anne Tardos	First Four-Language Word Event	1:05
1-10	–Jackson Mac Low / Anne Tardos	First Four-Language Word Event	1:35
1-11	–Jackson Mac Low / Anne Tardos	First Four-Language Word Event	1:10
1-12	–Jackson Mac Low / Anne Tardos	First Four-Language Word Event	1:02
1-13	–Jackson Mac Low / Anne Tardos	First Four-Language Word Event	1:07
1-14	–Jackson Mac Low / Anne Tardos	First Four-Language Word Event	0:28
1-15	–Christian Wolff	Six Melodies Variation For Solo Violin	1:05
1-16	–Christian Wolff	Six Melodies Variation For Solo Violin	1:27
1-17	–Christian Wolff	Six Melodies Variation For Solo Violin	0:18
1-18	–Christian Wolff	Six Melodies Variation For Solo Violin	0:28
1-19	–Ken Nordine	A Cage Went In Search Of A Bird	0:26
1-20	–Ken Nordine	A Cage Went In Search Of A Bird	0:43
1-21	–Ken Nordine	A Cage Went In Search Of A Bird	0:25
1-22	–Ken Nordine	A Cage Went In Search Of A Bird	0:16
1-23	–Ken Nordine	A Cage Went In Search Of A Bird	0:12
1-24	–Ken Nordine	A Cage Went In Search Of A Bird	0:26
1-25	–Ken Nordine	A Cage Went In Search Of A Bird	0:39
1-26	–Ken Nordine	A Cage Went In Search Of A Bird	0:07
1-27	–Earle Brown	Three Solos For Trumpet From The Concert For Piano And Orchestra	0:22
1-28	–Earle Brown	Three Solos For Trumpet From The Concert For Piano And Orchestra	1:00
1-29	–Earle Brown	Three Solos For Trumpet From The Concert For Piano And Orchestra	1:04
1-30	–Earle Brown	Three Solos For Trumpet From The Concert For Piano And Orchestra	1:29
1-31	–Earle Brown	Three Solos For Trumpet From The Concert For Piano And Orchestra	0:56
1-32	–Earle Brown	Three Solos For Trumpet From The Concert For Piano And Orchestra	0:45
1-33	–Earle Brown	Three Solos For Trumpet From The Concert For Piano And Orchestra	0:44
1-34	–Earle Brown	Three Solos For Trumpet From The Concert For Piano And Orchestra	0:19
1-35	–Earle Brown	Three Solos For Trumpet From The Concert For Piano And Orchestra	0:11
1-36	–Earle Brown	Three Solos For Trumpet From The Concert For Piano And Orchestra	0:51
1-37	–Earle Brown	Three Solos For Trumpet From The Concert For Piano And Orchestra	0:11
1-38	–Earle Brown	Three Solos For Trumpet From The Concert For Piano And Orchestra	1:23
1-39	–Earle Brown	Three Solos For Trumpet From The Concert For Piano And Orchestra	0:20
1-40	–Earle Brown	Three Solos For Trumpet From The Concert For Piano And Orchestra	0:59
1-41	–Laurie Anderson	Cunningham Stories (At The Age Of Twelve...)	0:11
1-42	–Laurie Anderson	Cunningham Stories (At The Age Of Twelve...)	0:13
1-43	–Laurie Anderson	Cunningham Stories (At The Age Of Twelve...)	0:13
1-44	–Laurie Anderson	Cunningham Stories (At The Age Of Twelve...)	0:14
1-45	–Laurie Anderson	Cunningham Stories (At The Age Of Twelve...)	0:18
1-46	–Laurie Anderson	Cunningham Stories (At The Age Of Twelve...)	0:07
1-47	–Laurie Anderson	Cunningham Stories (At The Age Of Twelve...)	0:10
1-48	–Laurie Anderson	Cunningham Stories (At The Age Of Twelve...)	0:15
1-49	–Ryuichi Sakamoto	Haiku FM	1:22
1-50	–Ryuichi Sakamoto	Haiku FM	1:21
1-51	–Ryuichi Sakamoto	Haiku FM	0:43
1-52	–Ryuichi Sakamoto	Haiku FM	2:39
1-53	–Larry Austin, Robert Black	Art Is Self-Alteration Is Cage Is...	0:46
1-54	–Larry Austin, Robert Black	Art Is Self-Alteration Is Cage Is...	0:50
1-55	–Larry Austin, Robert Black	Art Is Self-Alteration Is Cage Is...	0:53
1-56	–Larry Austin, Robert Black	Art Is Self-Alteration Is Cage Is...	1:05
1-57	–Larry Austin, Robert Black	Art Is Self-Alteration Is Cage Is...	1:04
1-58	–Larry Austin, Robert Black	Art Is Self-Alteration Is Cage Is...	1:03
1-59	–Larry Austin, Robert Black	Art Is Self-Alteration Is Cage Is...	0:43
1-60	–Larry Austin, Robert Black	Art Is Self-Alteration Is Cage Is...	0:23
1-61	–Larry Austin, Robert Black	Art Is Self-Alteration Is Cage Is...	0:24
1-62	–Larry Austin, Robert Black	Art Is Self-Alteration Is Cage Is...	0:09
1-63	–Larry Austin, Robert Black	Art Is Self-Alteration Is Cage Is...	0:44
1-64	–David Tudor	Webwork (Excerpt) (Music For The Cunningham Dance Shards)	4:11
1-65	–David Tudor	Webwork (Excerpt) (Music For The Cunningham Dance Shards)	0:26
1-66	–David Tudor	Webwork (Excerpt) (Music For The Cunningham Dance Shards)	0:49
1-67	–David Tudor	Webwork (Excerpt) (Music For The Cunningham Dance Shards)	0:44
1-68	–David Tudor	Webwork (Excerpt) (Music For The Cunningham Dance Shards)	0:10
1-69	–David Tudor	Webwork (Excerpt) (Music For The Cunningham Dance Shards)	0:27
1-70	–Yoko Ono	Georgia Stone	0:26
1-71	–Yoko Ono	Georgia Stone	0:16
1-72	–Yoko Ono	Georgia Stone	0:16
1-73	–Yoko Ono	Georgia Stone	0:29
1-74	–Yoko Ono	Georgia Stone	0:17
1-75	–Yoko Ono	Georgia Stone	0:20
1-76	–Yoko Ono	Georgia Stone	0:41
1-77	–Yoko Ono	Georgia Stone	0:34
1-78	–Yoko Ono	Georgia Stone	0:44
1-79	–Yoko Ono	Georgia Stone	0:40
1-80	–Yoko Ono	Georgia Stone	0:45
1-81	–Yoko Ono	Georgia Stone	0:32
1-82	–Yoko Ono	Georgia Stone	0:24
1-83	–Yoko Ono	Georgia Stone	0:40
1-84	–Yoko Ono	Georgia Stone	0:55
1-85	–Yoko Ono	Georgia Stone	0:39
1-86	–Yoko Ono	Georgia Stone	0:59
1-87	–Yoko Ono	Georgia Stone	0:41
1-88	–Yoko Ono	Georgia Stone	1:50
1-89	–Yoko Ono	Georgia Stone	0:50
1-90	–Yoko Ono	Georgia Stone	1:03
1-91	–Yoko Ono	Georgia Stone	0:59
1-92	–Yoko Ono	Georgia Stone	0:51
1-93	–Yoko Ono	Georgia Stone	1:30
1-94	–Yoko Ono	Georgia Stone	0:30
1-95	–Yoko Ono	Georgia Stone	0:56
1-96	–Yoko Ono	Georgia Stone	0:19
1-97	–Yoko Ono	Georgia Stone	0:27
1-98	–Yoko Ono	Georgia Stone	0:56
2-01	–Laurie Anderson	Cunningham Stories (Merce Cunningham Phoned His Mother...)	0:43
2-02	–Laurie Anderson	Cunningham Stories (Merce Cunningham Phoned His Mother...)	0:35
2-03	–Laurie Anderson	Cunningham Stories (Merce Cunningham Phoned His Mother...)	0:19
2-04	–Laurie Anderson	Cunningham Stories (Merce Cunningham Phoned His Mother...)	0:09
2-05	–Oregon	Chance / Choice	1:03
2-06	–Oregon	Chance / Choice	0:39
2-07	–Oregon	Chance / Choice	1:02
2-08	–Oregon	Chance / Choice	0:50
2-09	–Oregon	Chance / Choice	1:16
2-10	–Oregon	Chance / Choice	1:30
2-11	–Takehisa Kosugi	75 Letters And Improvisation	1:35
2-12	–Takehisa Kosugi	75 Letters And Improvisation	1:02
2-13	–Takehisa Kosugi	75 Letters And Improvisation	1:17
2-14	–Takehisa Kosugi	75 Letters And Improvisation	1:02
2-15	–Takehisa Kosugi	75 Letters And Improvisation	1:15
2-16	–Takehisa Kosugi	75 Letters And Improvisation	0:38
2-17	–Takehisa Kosugi	75 Letters And Improvisation	0:22
2-18	–Takehisa Kosugi	75 Letters And Improvisation	0:33
2-19	–David Van Tieghem	Living Room Music	0:27
2-20	–David Van Tieghem	Living Room Music	1:19
2-21	–David Van Tieghem	Living Room Music	0:55
2-22	–David Van Tieghem	Living Room Music	0:43
2-23	–David Van Tieghem	Living Room Music	1:35
2-24	–David Van Tieghem	Living Room Music	1:02
2-25	–David Van Tieghem	Living Room Music	1:10
2-26	–David Van Tieghem	Living Room Music	0:35
2-27	–James Tenney	Ergodos I For John Cage	0:45
2-28	–James Tenney	Ergodos I For John Cage	0:39
2-29	–James Tenney	Ergodos I For John Cage	0:53
2-30	–James Tenney	Ergodos I For John Cage	0:52
2-31	–James Tenney	Ergodos I For John Cage	1:02
2-32	–James Tenney	Ergodos I For John Cage	6:10
2-33	–Laurie Anderson	Cunningham Stories (Every Morning...)	0:10
2-34	–Laurie Anderson	Cunningham Stories (Every Morning...)	0:10
2-35	–Laurie Anderson	Cunningham Stories (Every Morning...)	0:11
2-36	–Laurie Anderson	Cunningham Stories (Every Morning...)	0:10
2-37	–Laurie Anderson	Cunningham Stories (Every Morning...)	0:11
2-38	–Laurie Anderson	Cunningham Stories (Every Morning...)	0:11
2-39	–Laurie Anderson	Cunningham Stories (Every Morning...)	0:09
2-40	–Robert Ashley	Factory Preset	0:27
2-41	–Robert Ashley	Factory Preset	0:25
2-42	–Robert Ashley	Factory Preset	0:34
2-43	–Robert Ashley	Factory Preset	0:26
2-44	–Robert Ashley	Factory Preset	0:32
2-45	–Robert Ashley	Factory Preset	0:23
2-46	–Robert Ashley	Factory Preset	0:22
2-47	–Robert Ashley	Factory Preset	0:13
2-48	–Robert Ashley	Factory Preset	0:40
2-49	–Robert Ashley	Factory Preset	0:38
2-50	–Robert Ashley	Factory Preset	0:16
2-51	–Frank Zappa	4'33"	0:36
2-52	–Frank Zappa	4'33"	1:06
2-53	–Frank Zappa	4'33"	2:22
2-54	–Frank Zappa	4'33"	1:03
2-55	–Frank Zappa	4'33"	0:50
2-56	–John Cale	In Memoriam John Cage - Call Waiting	0:15
2-57	–John Cale	In Memoriam John Cage - Call Waiting	0:11
2-58	–John Cale	In Memoriam John Cage - Call Waiting	0:12
2-59	–John Cale	In Memoriam John Cage - Call Waiting	0:12
2-60	–John Cale	In Memoriam John Cage - Call Waiting	0:09
2-61	–John Cale	In Memoriam John Cage - Call Waiting	0:11
2-62	–John Cale	In Memoriam John Cage - Call Waiting	0:13
2-63	–John Cale	In Memoriam John Cage - Call Waiting	0:17
2-64	–Meredith Monk	Aria	0:45
2-65	–Meredith Monk	Aria	0:55
2-66	–Meredith Monk	Aria	0:43
2-67	–Meredith Monk	Aria	0:36
2-68	–Meredith Monk	Aria	1:19
2-69	–Meredith Monk	Aria	1:08
2-70	–Meredith Monk	Aria	0:50
2-71	–Meredith Monk	Aria	1:14
2-72	–Meredith Monk	Aria	1:07
2-73	–Meredith Monk	Aria	0:46
2-74	–Meredith Monk	Aria	0:47
2-75	–Meredith Monk	Aria	0:58
2-76	–Meredith Monk	Aria	0:47
2-77	–Meredith Monk	Aria	0:17
2-78	–Meredith Monk	Aria	0:17
2-79	–Laurie Anderson	Cunningham Stories (The Cunningham Company...)	0:17
2-80	–Laurie Anderson	Cunningham Stories (The Cunningham Company...)	0:16
2-81	–Laurie Anderson	Cunningham Stories (The Cunningham Company...)	0:11
2-82	–Steven Smith	New York City	0:19
2-83	–Steven Smith	New York City	0:15
2-84	–Steven Smith	New York City	0:09
2-85	–Steven Smith	New York City	0:28

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• Copyright (c) – KOCH International L.P.

Credits

• Compilation Producer – Michael Fine
• Composed By – Christian Wolff (tracks: 1-15 to 1-18), John Cage (tracks: 1-01 to 1-05, 1-27 to 1-40, 2-19 to 2-26, 2-51 to 2-55, 2-64 to 2-78), John Cale (tracks: 2-56 to 2-63)
• Composed By, Double Bass – Glen Moore (tracks: 2-05 to 2-10)
• Composed By, Mixed By, Producer – Yoko Ono (tracks: 1-70 to 1-98)
• Composed By, Oboe, Clarinet [Bass], Saxophone [Sopranino] – Paul McCandless (tracks: 2-05 to 2-10)
• Composed By, Performer, Producer – David Tudor (tracks: 1-64 to 1-69), James Tenney (tracks: 2-27 to 2-32), Laurie Anderson (tracks: 1-41 to 1-48, 2-01 to 2-04, 2-33 to 2-39, 2-79 to 2-81), Ryuichi Sakamoto (tracks: 1-49 to 1-52), Takehisa Kosugi (tracks: 2-11 to 2-18)
• Composed By, Piano [Sampled], Synthesizer [M1-r, Wavestation, Proeus Ii], Voice – Ken Nordine (tracks: 1-19 to 1-26)
• Composed By, Producer – Anne Tardos (tracks: 1-06 to 1-14), Jackson Mac Low (tracks: 1-06 to 1-14)
• Composed By, Producer, Mixed By – Larry Austin (tracks: 1-53 to 1-63)
• Composed By, Programmed By, Producer – Robert Ashley (tracks: 2-40 to 2-50)
• Composed By, Synthesizer – Ralph Towner (tracks: 2-05 to 2-10)
• Double Bass – Robert Black (tracks: 1-53 to 1-63)
• Engineer – Aaron Heller (tracks: 2-64 to 2-78), Ben Rizzi (tracks: 1-27 to 1-40), Bob Caruthers (tracks: 1-15 to 1-18), Bob Henrickson (tracks: 2-64 to 2-78), Bruce Elliott (tracks: 1-53 to 1-63), Bryce Goggin (tracks: 1-06 to 1-14), David Meschter (tracks: 1-64 to 1-69), Doug Durbow* (tracks: 2-05 to 2-10)
• Engineer [Assistant] – Fernando Aponte (tracks: 1-49 to 1-52), Gary Clugston (tracks: 1-70 to 1-98), Vaughan Merrick (tracks: 1-49 to 1-52)
• Engineer, Performer [Emu-ii Clocks] – Kris Nordine (tracks: 1-19 to 1-26)
• Executive Producer, Compilation Producer – Gary Davis
• Featuring [Samples], Programmed By [Macintosh Sampling] – Reek Havoc (tracks: 1-03 to 1-05)
• Lyrics By – John Cage (tracks: 1-41 to 1-48; 2-01 to 2-04, 2-33 to 2-39, 2-79 to 2-81)
• Mixed By – Goh Hotoda (tracks: 1-49 to 1-52), Rob Stevens (tracks: 1-70 to 1-98)
• Mixed By [Assistant] – Wes Naprstok* (tracks: 1-70 to 1-98)
• Performer [Wooden Table, Pile Of Newspaper, Wooden Window Frame, Stack Of Books, Metal Ashtray, Wet Wineglass], Voice, Recorded By, Producer – David Van Tieghem (tracks: 2-19 to 2-26)
• Photography [John Cage] – Ashkan Sahiki
• Piano – Charles Turner (tracks: 1-03 to 1-05)
• Piano, Producer – Patrick Moraz (tracks: 1-03 to 1-05)
• Producer – Oregon (tracks: 2-05 to 2-10)
• Producer, Performer – Frank Zappa (tracks: 2-51 to 2-55)
• Programmed By [Additional] – Akio Akashi (tracks: 1-49 to 1-52)
• Programmed By [Macintosh & Vision Sequences] – Steve Kraatz (tracks: 1-03 to 1-05)
• Recorded By – Rob Miller (tracks: 1-64 to 1-69), Russel Schissler (tracks: 2-05 to 2-10), Steven Smith (tracks: 2-82 to 2-85)
• Remastered By – Tom Erbe (tracks: 2-27 to 2-32)
• Violin – Roger Zahab (tracks: 1-15 to 1-18)
• Voice [Introduction] – John Cage (tracks: 2-64 to 2-78)

Notes

Comes with 88-page booklet.

1-01/02: Produced from a live performance for Radio Kronos.
1-03/05: Recorded at White Noise West, Redondo Beach, California and at Time Code Studios, Los Angeles, California.
1-06/14: Recorded 1993 at Baby Monster Studios, NY.
1-15/18: Recorded at Harvest Studios, Middleburg Heights, Ohio.
1-19/26: Recorded at Nordine Group Studio June 1993.
1-27/40: Recorded at Mastersound Astoria Studios, Astoria, New York.
1-49/52: Recorded at KAB Studios, New York, mixed at Axis Studios, New York.
1-53/63: Engineered at the Sound Situation in Glastonbury, Connecticut, post-production at the composer's studio, gaLarry, Denton, Texas.
1-64/69: Recorded at the Joyce Theatre, New York, New York, on March 17, 1988.
1-70/98: The track is divided in three parts: 1st Movement: Darkness, 2nd Movement: Mommy, Where Are You?, 3rd Movement: Light. Recorded at Evergreen Recording, NYC, November 1986 - January 1987, mixed at Quad Recording, NYC, July 1993.
2-19/26: The track is divided in four parts: 1. To Begin, 2. Story ("Once Upon A Time The World Was Round And You Could Go On It Around And Around." - Gertrude Stein), 3. Melody, 4. End.
2-27/32: Recorded at the Bell Telephone Laboratories April 1963, remastered at the Center for Contemporary Music, Mills College.
2-56/63: Originally produced for the FluxAttitudes Exhibit at the New Museum of Contemporary Art.
2-64/78: Recorded in a live performance for the Catskill Conservatory at the Windfall Dutch Barn in Salt Springville, NY on August 23, 1985.
2-82/85: Recorded outside John Cage's apartment.

The tracks are divided in several small pieces. The idea behind this was that you can use the random play button on your CD player to create hundreds of versions to listen to the whole CD's.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Printed): 0 99923 72382 0
• Barcode (String/Scanned): 099923723820
• Label Code: LC 6644
• Other (SPARS Code): DDD
• Other (Koch Code): 70
• Matrix / Runout (CD 1): Made by KOCH 000.000.372.382.a
• Matrix / Runout (CD 2): Made by KOCH 000.000.372.382.B

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